Senior Investigator Scientist

Nutritional Epidemiology

Background and experience

Research training and education

Mar 2009 – Mar 2013
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, MA, USA

Sep 2003 – Feb 2009
Ph.D. in Nutritional Epidemiology
Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, MA, USA

Sep 2002 – Aug 2003
M.S. in Nutrition
Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Institute of Human Nutrition, NY, USA

Apr 1998 – Mar 2002
B.S. in Chemistry
Sophia University, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tōkyō, Japan

Publications

• ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6841-8396
• MRC Epidemiology Unit publications on Publications Database

Selected publications

1. Imamura, F, Sharp, SJ, Koulman, A, Schulze, MB, Kröger, J, et al, A combination of plasma phospholipid fatty acids and its association with incidence of type 2 diabetes: The EPIC-InterAct case-cohort study. PLOS Med, 2017;14(10):e1002409
2. Imamura, F, Micha, R, Wu, JHY, de Oliveira, Otto, MC, Otite, FO, Abioye, AI, Mozaffarian, D, Effects of Saturated Fat, Polyunsaturated Fat, Monounsaturated Fat, and Carbohydrate on Glucose-Insulin Homeostasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Feeding Trials. PLoS Med, 2016;13(7):e1002087
3. Imamura, F, O’Connor, L, Zheng, Y, Bhupathiraju, S, Mursu, J, Hayashino, Y, Forouhi, NG, Consumption of sugar sweetened beverages, artificially sweetened beverages, and fruit juice and incidence of type 2 diabetes: systematic review, meta-analysis, and estimation of population attributable fraction, BMJ, 2015;351:h3576
4. Imamura, F, Micha, R, Khatibzadeh, S, Fahimi, S, Shi, P, Powles, J, Mozaffarian, D, on behalf of the Global Burden of Diseases Nutrition and Chronic Diseases Expert Group (NutriCoDE), Dietary quality among men and women in 187 countries in 1990 and 2010: a systematic assessment, Lancet Global Health, 2015;3(3):e132-e142.
5. Imamura, F, Lemaitre, RN, King, .IB, Song, X, Steffen, LM, Folsom, AR, Siscovick, DS, and Mozaffarian, D, Long-chain monounsaturated fatty acids and incidence of congestive heart failure in 2 prospective cohorts, Circulation, 2013;127(14):1512-1521
6. Imamura, F, Jacques, PF, Invited commentary: Dietary pattern analysis, American Journal of Epidemiology, 2011;173(10):1105-1108

Selected awards

1. Dec 2015, Reviewer of the Year 2015, BMJ
2. Exceptional quality of peer reviews in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015, Annals of Internal Medicine, the American College of Physicians
3. Mar 2013 Finalist of Jeremiah and Rose Stamler Research Award for New Investigators, American Heart Association EPI/NPAM 2013
4. Mar 2012 Scott Grundy Fellowship Award for Excellence in Metabolism Research, American Heart Association EPI/NPAM 2012

Links

Cambridge Metabolic Network